Bad Neighbours - Advice Needed

[habernac]

I'm so happy to have good neighbours. I'm never moving.

[Wormius]

I guess you need to weigh how miserable they could make your life vs how miserable you could make their life and determine your path to vengeance that way, if pandering isn't doing anything for you.

[missdpuck]

I keep telling myself things like "Revenge is best served on a cold plate", "Living well is the best revenge",etc but I think any revenge is lost on some people, so in my case it's not even worth it.
Kybosh, I think we'll get our revenge when we sell our places and move (to a very thoroughly researched location haha). These people can't move away from their misery, although I'm not convinced my neighbor is really miserable. There are so many theories around about bullies like this, or sociopaths or whatever. She truly seemed to enjoy the havoc she wreaked on other people when I hung around with her. We had been friendly, but man her behavior got really weird as she let her guard down. I made so many allowances for her; that's what hurts most.

Oddly enough there are plenty anti-fabric softener forums out there. They're mainly from people who are allergic or who believe the scent is carcinogenic.
I don't bomb this woman's pool filter (just outside my window), or try to kill her talking bird, or yell at her when she walks around making loud woop woop noises in the middle of the night. I did yell at her once when she came outside at 2am to do her gut wrenching cough routine. That had gone on for 3 years.
I bought a sound machine to help me sleep at night. One morning before work I forgot to shut it off. The second I pulled into my driveway that night she came over yelling and screaming that she shouldn't have to listen to my staticky radio all day, as she is quiet. There is no reasoning with this person.

[CaptainCrunch]

You know I have a bunch of vacation time due to me, and I can do an outstanding job of playing a monstrous ###### rocket.

[missdpuck]

Hired!

[The Yen Man]

Yikes, having bad neighbours seem like such a nightmare. I'm glad I have some pretty easy going neighbours. I try to be as easy going as possible too, so we've never had any issues.

[Buff]

Wow. Just wow. missdpuck has the worst neighbour experience I can imagine. I can't complain, and never did, when my worst neighbour only cut his lawn low lying weeds once a month, or you couldn't tell if his backyard was 75% shrubs or 12 foot weeds... it gave me leeway to not have an immaculate lawn, and to throw grass clippings or other yard waste into his backyard... I guess I was the bad neighbour, in this case.

[missdpuck]

Well the thing is she probably says the same about me. What kind of nightmare neighbor wants a lily pond that could attract frogs, has vines growing in the yard that have to be round-upped or they might grow into the next yard , uses smelly fabric softener, has (had) 3 cats , uses Febreze...I guess it's a matter of perspective. The thing is, I now know the 'burbs aren't for me and I'm going to go live somewhere with more space. I want a clothesline, too, dammit! This woman has no intention of ever relocating.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

I bought a sound machine to help me sleep at night.

A Miami Sound Machine?

[Burninator]

I know someone who has/had a crazy neighbor who was damaging their property. Set a video camera up catching the person doing it a bunch of times. Showed it to the police who talked to the women. I believe the plan was to tell her to stop it and they knew it was her and if anything else happened she would be charged. Worked quite well. It seemed like the key was to collect evidence. Not just one thing, but multiple items.

[missdpuck]

I just went to Costco and bought a video thingy with 2 cameras, and also a game camera.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

I just went to Costco and bought a video thingy with 2 cameras, and also a game camera.

I think you should get one of those GoPro cameras and wear it on your head whenever you have interactions with your neighbor.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Geez. missdpuck's neighbor makes Kybosh's neighbor seem like the patron saint of all that is good in the world. Yikes!

[Leondros]

I'd film her and charge her in tort for any damages you can find. Not only will she have to pay your damages, but she will also have to pay for all your legal expenses as well. Court fees can be in the thousands and from experience that is the best place where you can hurt someone - in the wallet.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I think you should get one of those GoPro cameras and wear it on your head whenever you have interactions with your neighbor.

"Please ignore my oversized novelty cowboy hat with the giant mirror on it."

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Leondros

Court fees can be in the thousands and from experience that is the best place where you can hurt someone - in the wallet.

Try the throat next time. That's pretty satisfying.

[CaptainCrunch]

I like the idea of a toe popper landmine. deploy a few around key areas of your back yard. She won't be so tough without her toes will she?

[missdpuck]

All cool ideas. I got a digital recorder (besides the phone, of course) and was disappointed to find that I can't tape her threats or comments to me due to the reasonable expectation of privacy rule. But if I say the date, time and tell her I'm recording, it's okay.

A few months ago I was in my carport puttering around. She came blasting out of her side door yelling "She's in the carport! She's in the carport right now!" Wow, I must be a major criminal. I would laugh except I find it too frightening.

My situation is not half as bad as some others I found online.

So anything new, Kybosh?
My neighbor's in her carport now, haha, talking on the phone in her fake sweet voice, probably to the woman who gives her all the money...what a weirdo.

[undercoverbrother]

3 pages and no flaming bag of poo suggestion......sad sad effort CP

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

3 pages and no flaming bag of poo suggestion......sad sad effort CP

He called the S%$# poo, this is the greastest day of my life!